Senior Corporate Partnership Development Manager
Location: GB, LND, Kingston
Salary range: 40000-41000
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
Function: Business Development

Company profile:
VSO brings people together to fight poverty by delivering innovative development programmes in 36 of the poorest countries in the world. Through our volunteers, we harness the talents, enthusiasm and skills of ordinary people to bring about lasting change.

Job description:
VSO brings people together to fight poverty by delivering innovative development programmes in 36 of the poorest countries in the world. Through our volunteers, we harness the talents, enthusiasm and skills of ordinary people to bring about lasting change.It is an exciting time to join VSO. Our global strategy, People First,is  enabling us to reach more poor communities, we are continuing to invest in our programme effectiveness strategies and fundraising has a crucial role in helping us to deliver our work.  We’re committed to developing strong corporate partnerships to help us continue our work, extend our reach and impact, whilst also providing business benefits to the companies we work with. We work closely with our country teams and regional fundraising colleagues to develop collaborative partnerships that respond to business interests and align to our own programme objectives.VSO is seeking a highly motivated and engaging individual with considerable senior corporate partnership development experience to join our team. The Senior role manages the new business team and needs someone with great internal and external networking abilities, strong understanding of the corporate sector and excellent abilities to influence at all levels.A key part of this role will be to work closely with the wider VSO team to deliver a our approach to corporate partnership development, where the programmatic benefits are often as valuable as the financial ones.  There are geographical, thematic and sectoral remits in the team and both roles will be expected to deliver and continue to refresh a pipeline of prospects within these remits. Corporate Partnerships managers work closely with colleagues in the team and across VSO to ensure support is gained for partnerships that are strategically aligned to existing or developing VSO processes and priorities.You will be an excellent communicator and skilled at building strong project groups around you to deliver on shared objectives.  You’ll have a solution focused approach, like contributing to a lively team and enjoy working with a diverse group of people to get a fantastic job done.This is a great opportunity for two talented individuals to join a growing and ambitious team and help us to continue to transform the way we build collaborative corporate partnerships to reach more poor communities around the world.This role offers a competitive salary and pension plan, generous holiday entitlements and excellent professional development opportunities. Please ensure you have the eligibility to work in the UK.

Requirements:
You will be an excellent communicator and skilled at building strong project groups around you to deliver on shared objectives.  You’ll have a solution focused approach, like contributing to a lively team and enjoy working with a diverse group of people to get a fantastic job done.This is a great opportunity for two talented individuals to join a growing and ambitious team and help us to continue to transform the way we build collaborative corporate partnerships to reach more poor communities around the world.

Benefits:
This role offers a competitive salary and pension plan, generous holiday entitlements and excellent professional development opportunities. Please ensure you have the eligibility to work in the UK.